Paediatric constipation for adult surgeons - Article 1: Targeting the cause

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 777-780

  Sutcliffe, Jonathan R ^a,b   King, Sebastian K ^a,b   Southwell, Bridget R ^b   Hutson, John M ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Childhood; Chronic constipation; Colonic manometry; Colonic transit study; Functional faecal retention; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Intestinal neuronal dysplasia; Scintigraphy; Slow transit constipation

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; COLON RESECTION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSTIPATION; DYSPLASIA; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINAL NEURONAL DYSPLASIA; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MANOMETRY; MORBIDITY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; ONSET AGE; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; HUMANS;

EID: 4844227487     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.03149.x     Document Type: Review

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